Alaska’s Senator Stevens and Rep. Young- Latest GOPers To Come Under Investigation For Corruption
July 25th, 2007 | by Ken Grandlund |When it rains, it seems to pour, and for the Republican party, that sound on the tin roof is more corruption investigatio ns against two of its long time congressiona l members, Alaska’s Senator Ted “Bridge to Nowhere” Stevens and Rep. Don Young. Both are being investigated for alleged corruption, including accepting bribes, illegal gratuities, or unreported gifts from VECO Corp, an oil engineering firm in Alaska that has received a number of federal contracts since 2000.
Already authorities have arrested three Alaska state lawmakers in connection with corruption cases tied to VECO, and VECO CEO Bill Allen has already pled guilty to charges of bribery, corruption and extortion. My guess is that this guy is singing because he doesn’t want to go down alone.
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